{"id":5528,"date":"2012-01-03T14:23:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T14:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2012-01-03T14:23:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T14:23:51","slug":"5528","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/5528","title":{"rendered":"Can I take steriods if I&#039;m on HIV medication?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As with any supplement or medication (over-the-counter, prescribed or unregulated), this is something that your HIV doctor and\/or pharmacist should be aware of. \u00a0The limited information below is based on the open access drug interaction website based at Liverpool University &#8211; please see this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiv-druginteractions.org\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an area where we are specialised. A US activist called Nelson Vergel might be able to help. \u00a0He runs yahoo discussion forum called PozHealth that is easy to subscribe to. He has also published two books on HIV and steroid use that should be easy to find on a google\/amazon search.<\/p>\n<p>The drugs that you are taking Lexiva (Fosamprenavir), Truvada (Tenofovir + FTC) and Norvir (Ritonovir) do have some interaction with the steriod that you are considering taking. \u00a0There are interaction between Fosamprenavir and Ritonovir with Testosterone. \u00a0It may require close monitoring, alteration of drug dosage or timing of administration.<\/p>\n<p>I include a PDF file based on your HIV drugs and the steroids Anavar, Deca durabolin and Test E. \u00a0There is no data on Nolvadex or HCG.<\/p>\n<p>Please also take a look at this link for more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-base.info\/find\/gsearch.html?cx=011169594846734295604%3A79nfnhi2pd4&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=-inurl%3Ahttps&amp;q=steriods&amp;sa=Search\">steroids <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I take steroids (Anavar, Deca-durabolin, and Test E) if I am on HIV medication (Lexiva, Truvada and Norvir)? Im also planning on Nolvadex and HCG for PCT.  Please let me know your thoughts on interactions, and please try to keep it judgement free.  Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-drug-interactions","category-supplements-and-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}